Kai Kung Leng

Kai Kung Leng
Kai Kung Leng
雞公嶺
	View of Kai Kung Leng, Lam Tsuen Country Park, HK
Highest point
Elevation	585 m (1,919 ft); Hong Kong Principal Datum
Coordinates	22°27′50.63″N 114°5′7.98″E / 22.4640639°N 114.0855500°E
Geography
	Kai Kung Leng Lam Tsuen Country Park, Hong Kong

Kai Kung Leng (Chinese: 雞公嶺; lit. 'Rooster Ridge') is a mountain range in Lam Tsuen Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong.^[1]

Geography

There are several peaks on this mountain range.^[2] The tallest peak on the Kai Kung Leng mountain range is called Lo Tin Teng and is 585 metres (1,919 ft) above sea level. Nearby, a peak simply called Kai Kung Leng, with the summit-signalling trigonometric post, stands at 572 metres (1,877 ft). Slightly further away to the west, a subpeak called Kai Kung Shan is 374 metres (1,227 ft) tall.

List of selected peaks

Lo Tin Teng (羅天頂) (585 metres (1,919 ft))
Kai Kung Leng, as known as Tai Lo Tin (大羅天) or formerly Kwai Kok Shan (572 metres (1,877 ft))
Lung Tam Shan (龍潭山) (550 metres (1,804 ft))
Kai Kung Shan (雞公山) (374 metres (1,227 ft))
Ngau Tam Shan (牛潭山) (337 metres (1,106 ft))
Kei Lun Shan (麒麟山) (222 metres (728 ft))

Disambiguation

In Hong Kong, there are other similarly named mountains in different regions of the city, such as Kai Kung Shan (399 m) in Sai Kung West Country Park and another Kai Kung Leng in Kat O (122 m). These locations are all popular hiking spots, so one must plan correctly when visiting.

Illegal Motorcycle activity

In recent years, various media have reported some motocross bike users have been illegally biking on Kai Kung Leng, making the hillside completely into a piece of bare ground with intensified soil erosion, and knocking down some ancestral graves of indigenous villagers.^[3]

References

^ "WalkOnHill‧Kai Kung Leng". WalkOnHill. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
^ "Lam Tsuen". www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
^ "LCQ14: Illegal activities in country parks". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2022-04-06.

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[1] "WalkOnHill‧Kai Kung Leng". WalkOnHill. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

[2] "Lam Tsuen". www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

[3] "LCQ14: Illegal activities in country parks". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2022-04-06.

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v t e List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong (more than 300 peaks)
900 metres or more	Tai Mo Shan Lantau Peak
800 to 899 metres	Sunset Peak
700 to 799 metres	Sze Fong Shan Wo Yeung Shan Lin Fa Shan (Lantau) Miu Ko Toi Nei Lak Shan Yi Tung Shan Ap Kuk Lek Sam Shan Toi Ma On Shan
600 to 699 metres	The Hunch Backs Yin Ngam Teng Wo Tong Kong Grassy Hill Wong Leng Buffalo Hill West Buffalo Hill Kowloon Peak
500 to 599 metres	Shun Yeung Fung Tiu Shau Ngam Chau Ma Kong Middle Hill Lo Tin Teng Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen) Castle Peak Lin Fa Shan (Tsuen Wan) Tate's Cairn Tai To Yan Wong Chuk Shan Victoria Peak Kwun Yam Shan (Yuen Long) Lai Pek Shan Tung Shan Chung Li Fung Shek Nga Shan Kau Nga Ling Pyramid Hill Tung Yeung Shan Needle Hill Mount Parker Kao Lao Fung Kuai Li Fung Pok To Yan Fu Yung Pit Hsien Ku Fung Sheung Tsz Fung Tsao Kau Fung Pak Tai To Yan Kau Keng Shan Mount Kellett
400 to 499 metres (excerpt)	Lion Rock High West Sze Tsz Tau Shan Robin's Nest Ling Wui Shan Choi Wo Fung Hung Fa Chai Temple Hill Kwai Tau Leng Por Kai Shan Shek Uk Shan Muk Yue Shan Mount Gough Shek Lung Kung Sharp Peak Tai Hom Sham Wo Sheung Tung Lo Fu Tau Tin Fu Tsai Shan Keung Shan Beacon Hill Ngam Tau Shan Cheung Shan (Lantau Island) Cheung Yan Shan Cloudy Hill Mount Cameron Unicorn Ridge Mount Butler Kwun Yam Shan (Lantau) Violet Hill Jardine's Lookout Razor Hill Mount Nicholson Sham Hang Lek Middle Kau Nga Ling Siu Ma Shan Ngau Yee Shek Shan Tiu Tang Lung Luk Chau Shan Tai Cham Koi Luk Shan
300 to 399 metres (excerpt)	Tai Sheung Tok Kai Kung Shan (Sai Kung) Kau To Shan Turret Hill Hebe Hill Wa Mei Shan The Twins South Lui Ta Shek Lau Fa Tung Yuen Tau Shan Nga Ying Shan Sugar Loaf Peak Kai Kung Shan (Lam Tsuen) Mount Hallowes Tai Mun Shan Golden Hill Fan Kei Tok Tin Mei Shan The Twins North Bird's Hill Cham Tin Shan Mount Stenhouse Mount Collinson Lower Hebe Hill High Junk Peak Cheung Lin Shan Shek Sze Shan Tsim Fung Shan Smuggler's Ridge Tsing Yi Peak Miu Tsai Tun D'Aguilar Peak Wo Liu Tun Sze Shan Tai Tun Sai Wan Shan (Sai Kung) Pottinger Peak Kwai Au Shan Eagle's Nest Black Hill Kwun Yam Tung Lo Yan Shan Tai Che Tung Tap Chai Shan
200 to 299 metres (excerpt)	Tung Wan Shan Kung Um Shan Ma Tau Fung Tit Sze Kou Tai Leng Tung Tai Shan Brick Hill Shek O Peak Tai She Teng Tai Ngau Wu Teng Tin Ha Shan Fa Ping Teng Mount Davis Wan Cham Shan Ngau Wu Tun Kei Lak Chai Lung Fu Shan Ngo Sei Kai Sheung Yeung Shan Kwai Shan Ling Kok Shan Chiu Keng Wan Shan Tin Wan Shan Mau Wu Shan Bennet's Hill Tung Tau Teng Wang Tau Tun Nam Tong Teng Hung Heung Lo Fung Tai Yue Ngam Teng Piper's Hill Devil’s Peak Cheung Ngau Shan Kei Lun Shan San Sin Tseng Shan Tiu Chung Tai Shan Ping Tok Hang Shan Fa Shan Pai Tau Tun Cheung Ngau Shan Braemar Hill Boa Vista Pak Kok Shan
100 to 199 metres (excerpt)	Sai Wan Shan (Chai Wan) Mount Johnston Crow's Nest Ping Shan Tai Yam Teng Shum Wan Shan Sha Tin Heights Cheung Shan (North District) Obelisk Hill Hammer Hill Cheung Shan (Sai Kung) Tai Ling (North District) Ho Hok Shan Fake Yuk Kwai Shan Siu Lam Hill Shouson Hill Ngai Tau Red Hill To Fung Shan Po Keng Teng Chung Hom Shan Cheung Pai Tun Kai Shan Kai Kung Leng (Kat O) Por Lo Shan Hung Tang Shan Crest Hill Duckling Hill Red Light Hill
99 metres or less (excerpt)	Checkerboard Hill Pak Fu Shan Finger Hill Wong Shek Garden Hill Woh Chai Shan Diamond Hill Scenic Hill Pak Hok Shan Fu Shan Lo Shue Leng Yuen Chau Kok Cha Kwo Ling Tai Tseng Shan Duke's Hill Ko Po Shan Chu Wong Ling King's Park Hill Signal Hill Crocodile Hill Kadoorie Hill Sai Shan Observatory Hill Lung Shan (Ngau Tau Kok) Hok Ngam Teng Leighton Hill Quarry Hill Hung Hom Hill Lo Lung Hang Hill Shan Pui Leng Pak Fa Leng Mount Parish Mount Shadwell Caroline Hill
Levelled (excerpt)	Sacred Hill Morrison Hill Tai Wan Shan
Collectively	Hong Kong Three Sharp Peaks Sai Kung Three Sharp Peaks Dragon's Back Eight Mountains of Kowloon Mini Pat Sin 4 Hills of Kowloon The Twins Pat Sin Leng Wong Leng Castle Peak Hinterland Four Guardian Beasts of Tai O Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen)

Geography

List of selected peaks

Disambiguation

Illegal Motorcycle activity

See also

References